This probably reflects my naivete, but I'm not sure I understand why
either of you (Marcus or Glen) expect to need to do significantly more
"code switching" than you probably already do to bridge different
communities or aspect of your life?
Are you suggesting that there will be a new system in place that you
either feel a need (or requirement) to "game" through some form of
duplicity?
I agree with (you) Glen that it can be *heady* to have the opportunity
(and maybe compulsion?) to game a system, but maybe I'm just getting too
old to enjoy it properly?
On 11/7/16 3:58 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
<<I have the same existential reaction to robots brewing coffee as I do Trump being elected.
It's not dread, at all. It's exciting. I can't empathize with Trump voters any more than I can
empathize with vandals, MMA fighters, or the drug addicts I sporadically bump into on city streets.
But I do get excited... danger is good ... and not roller coaster "danger"... _real_
danger. It's good for the soul to find yourself in a dangerous situation and search for ways out of
it.>>
I know what you mean, but I don't expect to experience it as personal danger,
at least right away. With some code switching, the new danger in the world
could even benefit me. (`Benefit' defined in a banal survivalist sort of way.)
The point is that at some point there is nothing worth building or
protecting any more -- it just becomes a bunch of feral creatures to be ranked
by how hard they might bite. Maybe I'll get the luxury of biting back from
time to time, especially if it is an orange-haired Godzilla type creature that
rubs me the wrong way. But really, why bother?
Marcus
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